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Lori Palatnik is a writer and Jewish educator who has appeared on television and radio. She is the Founding Director of The Jewish Women's Renaissance Project, an international initiative that brings thousands of women to Israel each year from 18 different countries on highly subsidized programs to inspire them with the beauty and wisdom of their heritage (www.jwrp.org). She is a much sought-after international speaker, having lectured in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, U.K., Central America, South America, South Africa and Israel, including featured talks at Yale, Brown and Penn. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband, Rabbi Yaakov Palatnik, and is the busy mother of five children, ages 25 to 15.

Visitor Comments: 11

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iris moskovitz,
May 7, 2009 2:51 PM

Message comes across loud and clear.

Lori,I have been enjoying listening to your very interesting little lectures. I have learned many wonderful ideas from a frum perspective on a broad spectrum of subjects. May you be matzliach in your work on behalf of all Jews.Kol Tuv.

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Sarah Arbess,
April 23, 2009 10:09 PM

Well Done Lori

Hey Lori, we miss you here in Denver. Good luck in Maryland - you're changing the world one community at a time.
your friend in Denver, sarah

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Tammy Berman,
April 22, 2009 3:00 PM

We think you're special too!!

I met Lori in 1999 in Israel while she and her family were living in Toronto. All I could do was pray for my family to move to Israel or Toronto. Who ever dreamed we would have the Palatniks in our Rockville community. Thank you for all you bring to us.

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Nechama Goodman,
April 22, 2009 5:21 AM

Although I do not live there, I too feel part of your community

Even though I have attended only a few of Aish's events, your community is near to my heart. Anyone who gets to spend a shabbas, yom tov, attend a wedding, or a bar/bat mitzvah with you gains an experience of some of why it is so precious to be a JEW. They also get acquainted with the specialness of the individuals who comprise your community, their caring and welcoming ways, and how they are devoted to carrying forward the work of Rabbi Noach Weinberg of blessed memory, and further, G-d's expressed desire that all Jews should come together.

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Anonymous,
April 22, 2009 1:42 AM

help for fellow Jews in Rockville

It is true help from Heaven that I listened to your video today. My husband''s cousin is fighting a battle with a virulent type of lung/breast cancer. she is very active in her Conservative synagogue. she has been blessed with one daughter who is finishing college and does not have a very strong affiliation with any form of yiddishkeit and is finding it VERYdifficult to handle her mother''s illness. they live in Rockville. Please contact me via email *or* phone.
972-2-651-8932. Tizke l''mitzvot.

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Anonymous,
April 21, 2009 7:54 PM

Shabbat offer

You are going to get tons of people who want to spend Shabbat with you!!

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Anonymous,
April 21, 2009 7:32 PM

community can work both ways

Like any other powerful tool, community can enrich or destroy quality of life. You are right--choose your community wisely. But what happens when a healthy community becomes otherwise?

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Anonymous,
April 21, 2009 2:19 PM

coming to Chicago

When will Aish set up a permanent presence for adults in Skokie/Chicago?